ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — A national non-partisan group has filed a lawsuit to block new Texas laws that make it harder to register people to vote.
Voting for America complained to the federal court in Galveston that the new laws unconstitutionally restrict voter registration drives from gathering public voter information.
The new laws also limit who can hand out voter registration cards and who can collect the completed registration forms.
The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature also restrict voter registration drives from firing employees for not registering enough voters.
GOP lawmakers say the new rules are necessary to prevent voter registration fraud.
Opponents argue that the laws are intended to discourage groups from registering new voters, or from helping the poor and the elderly to register.
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